Competition programme №7

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The Official Selection features 33 short films from 22 countries, including United Kingdom, Albania and USA. The programme is divided into 8 sections, the discussions will take place after each screening. The jury will announce the winners at the closing ceremony.
Geomancer
UK | 2017 | 48 min
Lawrence Lek
Russian Premiere

Geomancer is a CGI film by Lawrence Lek about the creative awakening of artificial intelligence. On the eve of Singapore's 2065 Centennial, an adolescent satellite AI escapes its imminent demise by coming down to Earth, hoping to fulfil its dream of becoming the first AI artist. Faced with a world that limits its freedom, Geomancer must come to terms with its militarised origins, a search that begins with a mysterious syndicate known as the Sinofuturists… Featuring HD video game graphics, a neural network-generated dream sequence, and a synthesised vocal soundtrack, Geomancer explores the implications of post-human consciousness.
Interregnum
Albania | 2017 | 18 min
Adrian Paci
Russian Premiere

"Interregnum" by Adrian Paci assembles fragments extracted from videos of official state archives and national television broadcasts documenting the funerals of communist dictators of different nationalities and eras. The grainy images show endless rows of people moving in unison, seemingly without a purpose, their faces laden with expressions of grief. Shifting from close-ups to wider views of the masses, we become witnesses of a crescendo where the manipulation of these masses and the depersonalisation of individual identity become increasingly evident.
Onward lossless follows
USA | 2017 | 17 min
Michael Robinson
Russian Premiere

A password-protected love affair, a little vapor on Venus, and a horse with no name ride out in search of a better world. Against the mounting darkness, a willing abduction offers a stab at tomorrow.
September 30
12:20
STANISLAVSKY ELECTROTHEATRE, 18+
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PROGRAMME 2018
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Furious dystopia by METAHAVEN design studio in Soviet interiors of the Cinema House
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Innovative VR-film by Taiwanese director Tsai Ming-liang
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The programme presents the following films: WHAT'S THE DAMAGE, Swords, With history in a room filled with people with funny names 4, At the horizon
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The programme presents the following films: Flying proletarian, My expanded view, I Am Pagan Baby, 15 days, Pebbles
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The programme presents the following films: Ultima Ratio Δ Mountain of the Sun, DIT LEARN, The Worldly Cave, Three paths, Journey to the Far East
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The programme presents the following films: Fantasy sentences, The Walker, The Third Part of the Third Measure
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The programme presents the following films: Star Ferry, The Letter, Room with a coconut view, Sunstone, The Lost Head & The Bird
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The programme presents the following films: Flores, Legendary Reality, CONFUSION IS NEXT, Outside
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The programme presents the following films: Geomancer, Interregnum, Onward losseless follows
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The programme presents the following films: Shouting at the Ground, Mountain Plain Mountain, The Procedure
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First part of the retrospective screening of films of a classic of the world avant-garde cinema Peter Kubelka in the presence of the author himself
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Continuation of the retrospective film screening and public lecture by a pioneer of experimental cinema Peter Kubelka
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Improvised lecture-performance by Peter Kubelka on the history of communication, cinema and cooking from the Stone Age to our days
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Albert Serrat's grotesque film-performance about corporeality, death and power
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Observational documentary about one of the most famous cannibals of the 20th century
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Moscow premiere of the second collaborative work by Ben Russell and Ben Rivers
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Ben Russell's psychedelic documentary about an underground mine in the post-war state of Serbia and an illegal mining collective in Suriname
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Found-footage remake of Vertigo by Alfred Hitchcock
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Spectacular work about problems of modern society from Dutch design studio METAHAVEN, opening film of the festival
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Gloomy journey after the end times shot with Iphone 6
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Lecture and a retrospective screening of films by Dutch artist Joost Rekveld
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First retrospective of selected short films by American director and video artist Michael Robinson in Russia
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Alexander Kluge film essay dedicated to Sergey Eisenstein unrealized project - the film adaptation of Karl Marx' Capital. The screening will be followed by discussion with film historian Oksana Bulgakowa and political theorist Ilya Budraitskis.
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Special programme dedicated to the 120th anniversary of Sergey Eisenstein with the participation of video essayist Kevin B. Lee
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A series of live audiovisual performances by Russian and foreign video artists, composers and musicians
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Lecture by leading Taiwanese video artist about post-war Taiwan, corporeality and cinema as medium
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Artist and anti-copyright activist from Berlin will talk about the age of big data and what it means for urban studies
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Screening of the 1st Almanac of Parallel Cinema and discussion with directors Gleb Aleynikov and Peter Pospelov
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Films by Baltic Analog Lab members, results of the workshop on 16mm film shooting and development, and Kodak company presentation
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The festival closing ceremony and the world premiere of the «This is the Last Song of the Evening» by Evgeny Granilshchikov.